[merged] checkpatch-prefer-__section-over-__attribute__section.patch removed from -mm tree

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The patch titled
     Subject: checkpatch: prefer __section over __attribute__((section(...)))
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     checkpatch-prefer-__section-over-__attribute__section.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree

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From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: checkpatch: prefer __section over __attribute__((section(...)))

Add another test for __attribute__((section("foo"))) uses that should be
__section(foo)

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/2f374c3c27054b7f978115270d587c624d9962fc.camel@xxxxxxxxxxx
Suggested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 scripts/checkpatch.pl |   12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-prefer-__section-over-__attribute__section
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5886,6 +5886,18 @@ sub process {
 			     "__aligned(size) is preferred over __attribute__((aligned(size)))\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
+# Check for __attribute__ section, prefer __section
+		if ($realfile !~ m@\binclude/uapi/@ &&
+		    $line =~ /\b__attribute__\s*\(\s*\(.*_*section_*\s*\(\s*("[^"]*")/) {
+			my $old = substr($rawline, $-[1], $+[1] - $-[1]);
+			my $new = substr($old, 1, -1);
+			if (WARN("PREFER_SECTION",
+				 "__section($new) is preferred over __attribute__((section($old)))\n" . $herecurr) &&
+			    $fix) {
+				$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\b__attribute__\s*\(\s*\(\s*_*section_*\s*\(\s*\Q$old\E\s*\)\s*\)\s*\)/__section($new)/;
+			}
+		}
+
 # Check for __attribute__ format(printf, prefer __printf
 		if ($realfile !~ m@\binclude/uapi/@ &&
 		    $line =~ /\b__attribute__\s*\(\s*\(\s*format\s*\(\s*printf/) {
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@xxxxxxxxxxx are

string-add-stracpy-and-stracpy_pad-mechanisms.patch




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